GROUPE GUILLIN
Takeover of Sharp Interpack completed
After months of negotiations – see also Plasteurope.com of 12.01.2010 – French packaging giant Groupe Guillin (Ornans; www.groupeguillin.fr) on 9 April 2010 signed a deal to acquire 100% of the shares and assets of British rigid plastics packaging manufacturer Sharp Interpack (Bridgwater, Somerset; www.sharpinterpack.co.uk). The French group said that following the deal it would now perform more than 60% of its business outside France.
Sharp Interpack’s three production sites in Ayelsham, Bridgwater and Yate are expected to generate a turnover of more than EUR 97m in financial 2009/2010.
Sharp Interpack’s three production sites in Ayelsham, Bridgwater and Yate are expected to generate a turnover of more than EUR 97m in financial 2009/2010.
16.04.2010 Plasteurope.com [216023]
Published on 16.04.2010